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“The Nation’s Best Read Construction Newspaper… Founded in 1957.” Your New England States Connection • Kent Hogeboom 1-800-988-1203
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Any former chicken farmer will tell you, don’t put all your eggs in one basket. That is why ELJ Inc. has diversified its operations to yearround service with a portfolio that includes a history of building some of the most noteworthy roads and road projects in New England and thousands of homes as well. This all started when Everett T. Francis — the father of three sons — founded Francis Brothers Inc. in Bristol, R.I., in 1946. Everett had been a chicken farmer before entering World War II, where he became a decorated hero, receiving the Purple Heart, among other awards. He also was in charge of communications in the Army — a land radio dispatcher who directed naval firearms on seven different islands. “Everett’s father Frank Francis had come from Portugal and purchased land in Bristol and the family became chicken and vegetable farmers. When Everett returned from the war, he founded Francis Brothers Inc.,” said Everett’s son Christopher, now the third generation involved in the family
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business. “Everett, my father, and his two brothers, went into the trucking business. My grandfather Frank bought his sons three Ford F8 trucks, dump trucks, and with those trucks, the three brothers, my father and uncles, helped to build the Maine Turnpike.” As time went on, family patriarch Frank, who had purchased quite a bit of real estate in town, started to sell surplus materials from the land and started to sub-divide various properties; selling lots and parcels, building roads and building houses to sell. This led to the family beginning a realty company called Francis Realty which traces its start back to the end of the World War. The family business diversified before the term “diversification” was even coined. “My father-in-law Everett and his brothers also built a golf course in Bristol, named The Bristol Golf Club Inc., which we own,” said Christopher’s wife Patricia of a popular ninehole course that runs through the heart of the town. Patricia met Christopher when she bartended at the club in the 1980s. see ElJ page 4